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As a mom of 4, I love to preserve things from my kids. I have seasonal artwork they do that I keep and use for decorations. I have pictures, crib cards, lots of stuff like that. I love having their little handprints and footprints to keep. They grow up so fast. It’s nice to look back and see how tiny they were and how much they grew.
I had the opportunity to try the Baby Safe Ink Print Kit that is sold exclusively on Amazon right now. At $12.50 this kit comes with some non-toxic , latex free ink sheets. The ink states it easily wipes off with provided baby wipes or any baby wipes. Here is everything that came with the kit I received:
It included instructions for use, 4 ink print sheets, 4 plain white pieces of card stock type paper, 2 baby wipes, and of course instructions for use. My first issues was the ink print sheets. they were a thin film, even with someone holding onto my daughter she kept curling her toes up. Trying to get the paper to cover all the areas of her toes and foot was difficult. I ended up pressing her foot on the paper then taking the paper and holding it on the few places that were missed. I’ve had better luck with a traditional ink pad as there’s usually a spongy surface and you can press down a little and get more it seems. The paper is acid free archival quality cardstock. The ink did transfer well onto the paper. I ended up using both the baby wipes that came with the kit to try to get the ink off my daughter’s feet. I still didn’t get it all off and ended up using some of our baby wipes as well.
This was her foot after stamping it with a fresh ink sheet and trying to work it into other areas. I had some trouble getting all her toes. Also the kit recommends having two people to do this. If it’s possible I definitely recommend two people. I tried it by myself the first time. I ended up with ink on my pants, ink in her pants, ink on my hands, and the ink got smeared on the paper. When I had my oldest son better the results were much better.
My other children wanted to get in on it too so I let them try. My 4 yr old did hand prints and my oldest wanted to do finger prints.
The ink dried quickly. I think these will be nice to keep in a picture frame or scrapbook for them.
So lets break it down, Pros and Cons:
Pro:
Everything you need in one kit for printing
Safe ink and paper for baby and for lasting results
Cleans off with baby wipes
Cons:
ink sheets were hard to use correctly especially with the baby curling her toes and wiggling. In my opinion a stamp pad would be better
Kit says you can get 6-10 prints out of it. I’m guessing they count one hand as one print and the 2nd hand as another and so on. Only 4 sheets included so if you wanted more you’d need to get more sheets.
Took more than just the 2 wipes in the kit to get one printing sessions worth of ink off my baby’s feet and ended up using my own anyway.
So this one is 50/50 I’m giving it a lukewarm review. If you want to give it a try for yourself, you can find the Baby Safe Ink Printing Kit on Amazon only:
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